A total of 71 millimetres of rain fell in the hour to 2.10pm at Camp Hill Road, about 50 kilometres south-west of Laidley, and four-centimetre hail has been reported near Grantham, about 28 kilometres east of Toowoomba. Three-centimetre hailstones were also reported at Allora, about 60 kilometres south of Toowoomba.

As of 5pm on Sunday, almost 7000 residents were without power on the Sunshine Coast. More than 1800 were cut-off in the Scenic Rim region and more than 800 in the Lockyer Valley were experiencing a blackout.

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Closer to Brisbane, Beaudesert recorded 30 millimetres of rain in 90 minutes and Amberley received about 20 millimetres over the same period.